Just sitting at me desk now, just back from the long journey from Brisbane, Australia. It was a very warm and busy trip, going all sorts of places, and catching up with some people haven’t seen in a long time. Left on the Wednesday morning, about 4am for a 6am “red-eye” flight. Aren’t those ‘fun’???!!

Stayed with a friends family up in Redcliffe, about 30mins north east of Brisbane City in a modern seaside apartment block. It wasn’t till the second day took the car and then boat ride down to the city centre…

Brisbane City from the CityCat.

High end shopping!!!….

Brisbane Arcade

Gold Coast

On friday, a trip to Gold Coast and the following day… Supanova Expo!!! 😀

Broadbeach, Gold Coast, right before it rained.

Cosplay!!!

Huge turn out for the competition....

Costumes on show – apologies for slight blurriness 😉 – will name which i know. If anyone can fill in the gaps .. please do 🙂

webtoons

It’s been a little while since made any meaningful posts on this blog…
Recently discovered only in the last few weeks “Webtoons“. These are Korean Online Webcomics ~ There are a couple that stand out imo. I’ll just mention a few ~

Noblesse:

Noblesse by Lee Gwang Su & Son Jae Ho

n.
1. Noble birth or condition.

2. The members of the nobility, especially the French nobility.

This is the first Korean Webcomic I started reading [read here] or [view original (Korean) ], currently at 193 chapters at the time of this post and still going strong. This would appeal especially thouse tho enjoy stories about the supernatural and/or vampires.About: Cadis Etrama Di Raizel, (or ‘Rai’ for short). Awakens from a long sleep.. more than 800 years have gone by. Finding himself in a world completly diferent from what he remembers. Somehow, he ends up enrolling in a high school. Frankenstein (yes that is his name >_>) the headmaster of the school, also happens to be Rai’s loyal servant. Rai decides high school would the perfect place to learn about the new world.
Everything seems quiet, but it’s not long until parts of the past Kai was living in appear again in the present…

Trace

Trace by Nasty Cat

[Read online here] or [view original (Korean)] This is a interesting one, at first wasn’t sure about the artwork, but, it really grew on me as the story progressed. This web-comic is complete, though it is only part 1. (so expect more in the near future 🙂 ).About: 30 years ago, unidentified creatures appeared out of nowhere and began to cause havoc on Earth. That’s why people named them Troubles. With them though, normal people started developing their own unique abilities (now called Trace’s). Traces are the only ones who can fight against these invaders called Troubles. But the rest of society consider them as freaks, and try and to control/regulate them .
Sa Ghang Gwon, a student (shown in picture above) is one of them. He desperately tries to hide the fact he is a trace, wanting to blend normally into society. The other part of the story is centered around Kim Yun Seong, a man who found out he was a Trace not till in his 30’s is a wanted criminal. Follow these two’s completely different stories and see how they intertwine with each other [sorry no spoilers from me 😉 ]

It’s Snowing!

For those who don’t know… i live in Wellington, New Zealand. Tonight was the first time i had ever seen snow settle on the ground. So thought id share a few images =)

cosplay

And to touch on cosplay, have decided what am going to do for end of year =)
A lovely orange wig has arrived from China and went shopping yesterday for fabric. Never worn a white skirt b4, hope it gonna look alright =)

I love food.. , but the choices that i make are not always ones that would suit the rest of the household, but now that have the house to myself for a while, can start experementing with cooking… today’s dish is Oyako Donburi. And for the vege nutters out there, you can always subsitute the chicken 😉

and following the recipe below.. it turned out very tastey, if not a little overcooked 😉

Steps

Heat skillet over medium-low heat and add the vegetable oil. Place sliced onions in skillet in a single layer and put chicken strips on top pf the onion. Do not mix or stir anything. Let that cook until the onions caramelize.

Mix together the soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili sauce, salt, sugar and water and pour over the chicken and onions. It should just cover the chicken. Let that cook (not stirring anything) until the sauce it reduced by half and making sure the chicken is cook fully.

Sprinkle the bacon over the top and add the beaten eggs. Cook until the eggs start to set.

I only got a chance to go the one day – spent an hour or so wandering around the stalls in the morning – it was then when was able to move around pretty easily 😉 But by lunch, wow it was packed – there is no way one could fit that number of people in the Welly. Since money was very tight (house buying does that to you) only picked up a couple vols of manga.

Gallery of Cosplayers from Cosplay Parade:

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Then had a chance to listen to a talk by Vic Mignogna – voice actor of Ed from FMA and many others

Off to Melbourne tomorrow YAY … will post once or twice while am away.

House – made the 20% deposit today – and when get back from Aussie, only 2 days to settlement and will then be hands on- stripping wallpaper, sanding, painting etc.. making a mess to sum it up, fun fun ^_^